Good Friday

good friday
such a strange name for such a dark day
unusual, yes
cruel, yes
good, hardly
and yet there is something so disturbingly kind.

for through his act
we see he has made his mercy his crown
not merely his justice.

very rarely has anyone truly sacrificed for us.
what he did for me
more often than not
we have bailed
as other have on us.

yet he drank deeply
the cup of suffering
for you
for me

and this is very good news
his victory we'd experience later
but for now
his atonement is more than enough.